Huangfu Taotian didn’t call out the price immediately. His eyes flickered as he took a few more glances at the painting before finally gritting his teeth and yelling out, “30 billion! Lei Zihan, if you continue to make another bid, I am not going to follow!”
“Wow!”
The entire crowd was in an uproar. A single painting actually got to a price of 30 billion. This had already exceeded the highest price of this year’s auction. Of course, the price was still far from the highest price in history, but this was just a painting—just a painting with an ordinary Power of Wind dao pattern in it.
In the eyes of many, these three paintings were only worth one billion at most. Right now, the first two paintings had been auctioned off for 10 billion while the last painting was triple the price. Countless people felt that they didn’t enter the auction to watch a show for nothing. At least, they were able to see the young masters and young ladies of the great clans who wielded their wealth without hesitation. In the future, they would also have the capability to brag about witnessing this scene, right?
“Where did Huangfu Taotian get all those celestial stones?”
Some were very curious as they had all witnessed the scene at the Gods Bestow Plaza. Huangfu Taotian was in a bad situation with the Huangfu Clan, and without the support from the Huangfu Clan, how did Huangfu Taotian earn all those celestial stones?
Of course, there were some rumors or also those people who had been robbed by Huangfu Taotian. All of those people knew where his celestial stones came from, but they were curious that Huangfu Taotian plundered all those celestial stones to buy this painting?
“31 billion!”
The voice of Lei Clan’s young lady in the no.1 pavilion echoed, which instantly silenced the slight clamor in the crowd. Many of them shook their heads and sighed. This wasn’t just a simple matter of a painting, and it was purely a young couple quarreling. Lei Tingwei actually allowed Lei Zihan to behave so recklessly?
Huangfu Taotian’s eyes contracted. He took a deep glance at the no.1 pavilion and ultimately remained silent. He sat down and closed his eyes again as he had obviously given up on the painting.
“Ke-Ke!”
Situ Yinian laughed lightly and said, “Big Sister Zihan is truly a leading woman figure that will not concede to men. Thirty-one billion is a price that had exceeded the highest price of a single auction item this year. Is there any higher price? If there isn’t, then this ‘Passion’ painting shall belong to Big Sister Zihan.”
The entire hall was utterly silent. Even the 12 other clans were silent. Many of them actually liked this painting and wanted to collect it, but the price was just too high. It wasn’t worth it.
“Three, two!”
As Situ Yinian was counting down, Huangfu Taotian didn’t lift his head up anymore. Situ Yinian took a glance at him and let out a slight sigh and continued. “One, alright…”
“Wait!”
Right at this moment, a clear and alert voice echoed and it came from the no.5 pavilion. This person didn’t use the restriction to alter the voice either. Her pleasant voice echoed throughout the hall, “Qianqian likes this painting very much. Young Lady Lei, I apologize. I offer 100 billion!”
Plop!
Plop!
Just as the voice fell silent, many people slid off from their seats. Qian Wanguan, who had just stood up, sat back on the ground again. Situ Yinian opened a petite mouth while Huangfu Taotian lifted his head abruptly. Countless people thought they had heard it wrongly as they looked at the no.5 pavilion with a stunned expression and eyes of astonishment.
“100 billion?”
Situ Yinian’s delicate body shook a little. The highest treasure auctioned off in history was only 85 billion, and it was a Spiritual Connecting Cardinal Treasure, which was an offense-type pseudo-divine artifact. She never expected for this record to be broken, and it was through her hand.
“If…”
Young Lady Qianqian wasn’t playing a joke. Tonight’s auction would surely be marked in history. Her Situ Yinian’s name would also be renowned to the world because of this auction. A hundred billion might have appeared in the large-scale auctions on East Imperial Continent… but never for a painting. If this incident was made known to the Stellarsky Domain, it would truly be a fantastic story.
Thus, Situ Yinian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked with a bright red face, “Young Lady Qianqian, are you sure you are going to bid 100 billion celestial stones on this ‘Passion’ painting?”
“Yes, I am!”
Young Lady Qianqian’s resolute voice echoed out, and it was very clear. “Qianqian might be of the demon race, but I have admired human’s culture since a young age. I have always longed to witness the human race’s wonderful legends and stories. In Qianqian’s opinion, this painting looks just like a human’s beautiful love story. I might not know what exactly happened, but Qianqian can imagine that the flames of war have enveloped this entire city, and this lady is leading her citizens in a dauntless resistance.
“During the most crucial moment, the lady’s lover descended from the sky and slaughtered the enemies, saving her and her citizens. The intoxicating smile on the corner of the woman’s mouth and her passionate affection in her eyes are extremely lifelike. I think that any sentimental young ladies would hope that they were the lady in the painting, right? Qianqian envies her a lot as well. This painting allowed Qianqian to feel the sincerest and wonderful love between humans, and I believe that this painting is worth 100 billion!”
Qianqian spoke in a very sincere tone and thoroughly. She had perfectly depicted the intent of this painting. Jiang Yi smiled at this moment, and it was an extremely gratified and splendid smile. He didn’t smile because of the ‘100 billion’ price as celestial stones didn’t have value to him. He smiled because he found someone who truly loved the painting, someone who truly understood the painting. This demon race princess had given him a great impression.
“Alright!”
Situ Yinian yelled out with a delicate voice while her beautiful eyes were releasing radiance as she looked at the no.5 pavilion and said, “Young Lady Qianqian is truly a sentimental and passionate woman. Yinian prostrates in admiration. It is this ‘Passion’ painting’s honor to be bought by Young Lady Qianqian. If the artist of this painting is here today, the artist will certainly feel extreme glory and honor as well.”
No one would dare to increase the price higher than 100 billion. Most importantly, she was the princess of the demon race; and how many divine veins did the limitless Endless Deep Sea have? How many celestial stones could be excavated? It was a known fact that the demon race didn’t use celestial stones for cultivation, and their currency wasn’t celestial stones as well. If anyone was the wealthiest in the hall… it would definitely be this demon race princess.
Situ Ao originally said that the demon race princess could buy anything she wanted and allowed her to bid as she pleased. Right now, he was utterly speechless as he couldn’t afford the price of 100 billion!
One could be willful if one was wealthy.
The entire crowd was in an incessant clamor as they had just witnessed a historic moment and was extremely proud. As expected, Lei Zihan didn’t continue to bid. Even if she wanted to, Lei Tingwei would certainly restrain her as this ‘Passion’ painting was bid by Princess Qianqian of the demon race.
The second segment of the auction had ended.
After Situ Yinian went off the stage, a group of alluring women came on stage to dance again for the intermission. However, there were plenty of people who were still immersed in the earlier scene and had dazzled expressions. As for the treasures of the most important third segment, there were simply a few individuals that could afford to make the bids.
The final round of the auction was always the highlight of the show. The first item was yet another pseudo-divine artifact, and it was a pearl. It was only sold for over two billion.
Compared to the staggering auction earlier, the first few items of the third segment was a little dull. Even the second treasure was only auctioned off for the price of five billion. Everyone didn’t have any huge reactions as they were already numbed by the earlier sensation.
“Boss, we are rich, rich!”
When the second item was being sold, Qian Wanguan finally woke up and was hugging Jiang Yi while crying and laughing. Feng Luan and Qing Yu shook constantly while Jiang Xiaonu was crying like a little kitten.
She had a deep relationship with Su Ruoxue, and she had treated her like a sister-in-law. Right now, Su Ruoxue’s survival was still unknown; and it was possible that she was going through endless suffering by herself on East Imperial Continent. How could she remain calm?
Jiang Yi looked very calm, and he smiled while looking at Qian Wanguan, Feng Luan, and Qing Yu. He even extended a hand to pat on Jiang Xiaonu to console her. However, no one noticed that one of his hands was wrapped up inside a sleeve. Inside, his fist was clasped tightly and his nails had sunk deeply into his palms. Fresh blood oozed out slowly and dyed his entire sleeve red.
